Showroom Sales Assistant

Overview

Come and join us as a results driven Showroom Sales Assistant on a flexible hours basis to grow and deliver sales as part of a hugely successful branch team.

As a Showroom Sales Assistant, you know that the perfect bathroom needs planning, it requires trust, a creative flair and the ability to bring an idea to life – this is where you come in! You will support the Showroom Sales Manager with the day-to-day running of the showroom and assist in sales business development. The Showroom Sales Assistant will visit customers in their homes to take measurements, before working to design their ideal bathroom.

You’ll also attend networking events and may have the opportunity to run them. The Showroom Sales Assistant will be an expert at building rapport quickly and creating trusted relationships to ensure everything we do enables us to deliver on our promises to our customers and exceed expectations.

You will be contracted to a set minimum number of hours per week and will be required to be flexible to work additional hours to deliver the best customer experience, especially during the peak trading winter heating season. Hours and shifts will be agreed with you with plenty of notice so you know exactly what you are doing and when.

• To create and maintain a loyal customer base through a continuous proactive approach, building rapport with customers and generating new and repeat business.
• Deliver an exceptionally high level of service.
• Work and collaborate with your in-branch colleagues to build relationships and cross‑sell to our current trade customers.
• Assist in making the bathroom showroom known locally, using creative ways to ensure the local area knows you are there and the brilliant service you offer.
• Always strive to make your showroom the best in order to anticipate and exceed customer needs.
• Previous sales experience in a similar environment is preferable, but the right positive attitude is more important.

• Tenacity and resilience.
• A pro‑active approach to sales, with a strong desire and ability to win and grow new business.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self‑confident and self‑motivated, capable of working on own initiative or as part of a wider team.

• Bonus.
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers.
• Life assurance.
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more.
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme – we look out for each other.
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development.
• Financial education and loans.
• Flexible working options.
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self.
• And more!

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture – we want you to enrich it.

We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.